For years\, American and African government and business leaders have called for a trade and investment partnership that matches th e full scale of the opportunity between the United States and Africa. That conversation has never been more urgent — or more consequential. < /p>\n\n
Afri ca's accelerating regional integration\, the transformative potential of t he African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement\, and a rapidly shifting global trade environment have created both new pressures and new openings. The question is no longer whether a more comprehensive U.S.-Afri ca commercial framework is needed — it is what that framework should look like\, and how to build it.
\n\nThis invitation-only roundtable brings tog ether a select group of senior American and African public and private sec tor leaders to move beyond diagnosis and toward action. Building on high-l evel discussions at the last two CCA Summits\, as well as Ministerial Sess ions at MC14 and Biashara Afrika\, participants will engage in a frank\, r esults-oriented conversation aimed at producing a concrete agenda for expa nding two-way trade and investment. Key areas of focus will include identi fying priority sectors for deeper commercial engagement\, strengthening pu blic-private coordination\, and defining the policy and institutional mech anisms needed to translate ambition into outcomes.
BEGIN:VALARM UID:36353530-3863-4639-a364-643933633762 ACTION:DISPLAY DESCRIPTION:For years\, American and African government and business leader s have called for a trade and investment partnership that matches the full scale of the opportunity between the United States and Africa. That conve rsation has never been more urgent — or more consequential. \n\nAfrica's a ccelerating regional integration\, the transformative potential of the Afr ican Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement\, and a rapidly shifti ng global trade environment have created both new pressures and new openin gs. The question is no longer whether a more comprehensive U.S.-Africa com mercial framework is needed — it is what that framework should look like\, and how to build it. \n\nThis invitation-only roundtable brings together a select group of senior American and African public and private sector le aders to move beyond diagnosis and toward action. Building on high-level d iscussions at the last two CCA Summits\, as well as Ministerial Sessions a t MC14 and Biashara Afrika\, participants will engage in a frank\, results -oriented conversation aimed at producing a concrete agenda for expanding two-way trade and investment. Key areas of focus will include identifying priority sectors for deeper commercial engagement\, strengthening public-p rivate coordination\, and defining the policy and institutional mechanisms needed to translate ambition into outcomes. TRIGGER:-PT15M END:VALARM END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR